MBA 7630 - Managerial Business Analytics (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
In this course you will master a well-developed analytical decision-making process commonly used in practice that begins with problem identification and that leads you through the steps of selection of an analytical procedure, alternative selection, and final deployment. You will be exposed to the importance of domain knowledge for a successful business analytics project. Finally, you will evaluate the differences between descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics and determine where business analytics can have the greatest impact on firm performance. Analytical procedures used in the course may include, but are not limited to, regression analysis, forecasting techniques, optimization and decision theory. You will be exposed to multiple software packages that can be used to develop these models.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and permission of MBA Director.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students